Improvement in flower-trellises



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PHILO B. SHELDON, OF BATH, NEW

Letters Patent No. 108,195, dated October 11, 1870, antedated September 26, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FL)WER'TRELLISES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ot" the same To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHILO B. SHELDON, of Bath, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented or produced a new and original style of Flower-Frame for Supporting Vines and Plants; and' I do hereby declare that the following` is a full and exact description of the same, reference-being had to the accompanying drawing, making -part of this specication- Y Figure l being,r an elevation ot' my improved flower or plant-supporting frame.

Like letters designate correspornling parts.

My invention consists of an upright standard, a, attached to which isa series of arms, l), and scrolls c, et" various forms, at intervals.

The arms, which may be made ot' wood or iron, may be formed'into both regular or irregular curves, and attached to the standard a by means of screws or nails or they may be made to passv through holes provid-ed in the standard. Y

To the end of the bows and the upper Jterminus of standard, are attached metal ornaments or pendants, the surface and frontview of which is at, and presents a variety of forms, such as balls, birds, leaves, acorns, stars, and conical-headed drops, some ot' which are cast or forged whole, while others are east or forged open; d c f, are aliixed; a variety of' these forms on the same frame has an agreeable eliectt p The bows or arms maybe inverted, to produce a change of form or style.

I snrmount the top or upper terminus of' the standard with an ornament, g,'of similar character to the pendants, attached to the ends of arms or bows repre.

senting an elongated ball, spire, or cone.

I claim- The post and arms, in combination with the pendants,`snhstantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

PHILO B. SHELDON.

Witnesses:

J AMES LINDSAY, E. W. SHELDON. 

